Abstract
was isolated from an infected ulcer in the leg.The patient was a 49-year-old woman from Uruguay who had been living in our country for five months, with a 7-year history of fibromyalgia and frequently infected leg ulcers. She came to our hospital´s emergency service suffering from painful ulcers in both legs, which carried a chronic lymphoedema background. Swabs with exudates from ulcers were sent to the laboratory for microbiological study and a regular cure was prescribed. Mixed flora - consisting of multiresistant bacterial organisms - was isolated from both legs. In addition,
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